About this episode
🕎 It’s 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think they’ve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van. It’s time once again to think about the Seleucid Empire as we watch a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshiva’s struggling team looking for a leader. **** 🎙 Guests: April Ryley ( @where2nextapril , @thefancygeologist ). J.W. Friedman ( I Don’t Even Own a Television ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. “Full-Court Miracle” on Disney+ . 2. Lamont Carr’s obituary in Virginia Magazine , 2017. 3. Psychocandy , an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick). 4. UVA’s Athletics website circa 2003 . 5. Alex’s prized Dr. J basketball card isn’t even a rookie card and isn’t that valuable. 6. “ Jewball ,” a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team. 7. Sadly, the only upload I could find of the hip-hop cover of the Dreidel song is a smartphone recording of a TV playing this movie. 8. This basketball movie’s NBA star cameo is provided by Jerome Williams . **** 📼 Commercial Break: Microsoft Encarta Commercial , 1995. Returning Student , a 40-year-old’s journey to finish the college degree he never got. **** “Full-Court Miracle” © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .